Cerebrovascular Autoregulation During Sepsis

Johannes Gutenberg University (JGU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Delirium; Sepsis

Treatments: Other: no interventions

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01029080

837.435.08

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the study is to correlate the dynamic cerebrovascular autoregulation by patients with sepsis with a sepsis-associated delirium.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• clinical symptoms of sepsis, severe sepsis and septic shock
• possibility for measurement of transcranial doppler ultrasound
• age over 18 years

Exclusion criteria

• preexisting cerebrovascular disease
• preexisting immunological disease
• traumatic brain injury
• intracranial infectious disease
• pregnancy

Trial design

30 participants in 1 patient group

Sepsis

Description:

All patients with sepsis defined by actually sepsis guidelines

Treatment:

Other: no interventions